"was one of the first Disney films to be colorized (for the 1986 video release), and, along with 1959's ""The Shaggy Dog"" and 1963's ""Son of Flubber"", it is one of Disney's few black-and-white films to be produced after 1941. Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) (pronounced BRAY-nard) is an absent-minded professor of physical chemistry at Medfield College who invents a substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface. This discovery follows some blackboard scribbling in which he reverses a sign in the equation for enthalpy to energy plus pressure times volume. Brainard names his discovery ""Flubber"", which is a"
"College, is developing a new energy source in an attempt to raise enough money to save the college from closure. His preoccupancy with his research distracts him from his fiancée and the college president Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden); he has missed two weddings in the past as a result of this, much to the anger of Sara. On the day of the third attempted wedding, Philip is approached by his former partner Wilson Croft (Christopher McDonald), who has profited from ideas he has stolen from the chemist and now desires to steal Sara from Philip and make her"
"retaliate by sticking a thumbtack on the doorbell and preparing water and flour to dump on the prankster. However, George goes over there to prove that Dennis was responsible for the paint on his chicken, despite the wishes of his wife, Martha (Joan Plowright), only to ring the doorbell, stick his thumb, and get water and flour dumped on him, much to Martha's amusement. The next morning, Dennis goes over to the Wilsons' house to apologize for the events of the previous night, but finds himself playing with Mr. Wilson's dentures, losing the two front teeth down the drain, and"
"being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The film centers on the volatile marriage of a middle-aged couple: George, an associate history professor at a small New England college, and Martha, the daughter of the university president. After they return home drunk from a party, Martha reveals she has invited a young married couple, whom she'd met at the party, for a drink. The guests arrive – Nick, a biology professor (whom Martha mistakenly believes to be a math professor), and his wife, Honey – at 2:30 am. As the four drink, Martha and George engage in scathing verbal abuse in"
"figure in their lives. George and Martha's chance at a perfect family was ruined by infertility and George's failure at becoming a prominent figure at the university. Being just a few of many, these examples directly challenge social expectations both within and outside of a family setting. The play's title, which alludes to the English novelist Virginia Woolf, is also a reference to the song ""Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"" from Walt Disney's animated version of ""The Three Little Pigs"". Because the rights to the Disney song are expensive, most stage versions, and the film, have Martha sing"
"These include frogs, lizards, snakes, insects, tarantulas, scorpions, mice, exotic mammals, and even a baby alligator. This ordeal ends with George unintentionally riding down a flight of stairs in Dennis's red wagon and accidentally getting his birthday cake thrown in his face by Martha (Betty White). Soon after this incident, Mr. Johnson, who is Dennis's grandfather as well as Alice's father and Henry's father-in law (George Kennedy), shows up and announces that he is moving in with the Mitchells. Dennis starts spending more time with him than his annoyed neighbor. George, upset that he's getting older, gets tricked by two"
"of history and Martha is the daughter of the president of the college where George teaches. After they return home from a faculty party, Martha reveals she has invited a young married couple, whom she met at the party, for a drink. The guests arrive – Nick, a biology professor (who Martha thinks teaches math), and his wife, Honey. As the four drink, Martha and George engage in scathing verbal abuse of each other in front of Nick and Honey. The younger couple is first embarrassed and later enmeshed. They stay. Martha taunts George aggressively, and he retaliates with his"
"Jack and Martha both depart the TARDIS, and the Doctor is shocked to see what appears to be the RMS ""Titanic"" crash into it. Set moments prior, another ""Children in Need"" mini-episode, ""Time Crash"", features a brief encounter between Tennant's Tenth Doctor and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), containing meta-humour surrounding the fact David Tennant had watched and loved Davison's doctor as a child. In parallel with the third series, Tennant lends his voice to the animated serial ""The Infinite Quest."" The 2007 Christmas special sees the Doctor and a waitress, Astrid (Kylie Minogue), save the Earth from the impending"
"Thomas and the Magic Railroad Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British-American children's fantasy adventure film written, produced and directed by Britt Allcroft. The film stars Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, including the voices provided by Eddie Glen and Neil Crone with Kevin Frank. The film is based on the British children's book series ""The Railway Series"" by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation ""Thomas & Friends"", and the American television series ""Shining Time Station"" by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. It was co-produced by Gullane Pictures/The"
"will change their lives. The story is told by Keira St. George (Caroline Dhavernas), a girl who is trying to decide what to do with her life. She constantly throws away her college letter without reading it, but her father always retrieves it, annoying her more. Her two best friends are Glory Lorraine (Amanda Walsh) a beautiful but somewhat bitchy girl obsessed with marriage, and Lisa MacDougall (Holly Lewis), an awkward, born-again, religious girl who is obsessed with sex. Glory babysits for Keith Clark (David Boreanaz) and his wife, who works the night shift four times a week. Keith is"
"The Doctor explains how history could be changed with devastating results by referring to the movie ""Back to the Future"". Martha scorns this explanation by saying 'The film?' to which the Doctor retorts 'No, the novelisation! Yes the film!'. There is indeed a novelisation of ""Back to the Future"", written by George Gipe. Some of the words and names used are derived from other works. The Doctor claims Martha comes from Freedonia, a fictional country in the Marx Brothers film ""Duck Soup"" - it was also used as the name of a planet in the ""Doctor Who"" novel ""Warmonger"" (2002)"
"along with her peers, teachers, her 10-year-old twin brothers (Munro Chambers, Thomas Chambers), or even with herself. Into this unhappy situation comes a stranger, the mysterious, weirdly dressed Mrs. Whatsit (Alfre Woodard), and her friends Mrs. Who (Alison Elliott) and Mrs. Which (Kate Nelligan). They take Meg, Charles Wallace, and their new friend Calvin O'Keefe (Gregory Smith) via tesseract to other planets, preparing the children for a mission to rescue Dr. Murry from the malevolent ""IT"" on the planet Camazotz. Along the way they ride on the back of a beautiful winged creature (the transformed Mrs. Whatsit), learn about the"
"replacing them with Chiclets in the process. This gets noticed when George gets his picture taken for the newspaper. Meanwhile, a thief named Switchblade Sam (Christopher Lloyd) arrives in town and starts burglarizing people's houses, as well as stealing things outdoors and striking fear into children he meets. Henry and Alice have a difficult time getting people to watch Dennis while they both work. George and Martha are being charged with the task of doing so, as Henry and Alice are both called away on business trips on the same weekend. Martha loves Dennis as if he was her own"
"medical student Martha helps save the day alongside an alien time traveller known only as the Doctor (David Tennant). To thank her for her help, the Doctor invites her to join him for a supposed single trip in his time machine the TARDIS, but later accepts her as his full-time ""companion"", admitting that she was ""never just a passenger"", and he even gives her the key to the TARDIS. Martha becomes frustrated because the Doctor is oblivious to her feelings for him, and she expresses concern that she is simply a rebound after the Doctor's painful loss of his previous"
"of his status. The Doctor joins Astrid on a brief excursion to Earth, along with married couple Morvin and Foon Van Hoff (Clive Rowe and Debbie Chazen), an alien with a spiked red head named Bannakaffalatta (Jimmy Vee), and historian and guide Mr Copper (Clive Swift). However, the populace of London fled in fear of a third consecutive extraterrestrial attack, and only a few people remain in the city, most notably a newspaper seller called Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins). After the party return from the excursion, the ship's captain, Hardaker (Geoffrey Palmer) sabotages the ship by engineering its collision with"
"to the play's then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes, and overruled the award's advisory committee, awarding no Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1963. A film adaptation of the play was released in 1966. It was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, Richard Burton as George, George Segal as Nick and Sandy Dennis as Honey. All four major actors were nominated for Academy Awards: Taylor and Burton for Best Actress and Actor and Dennis and Segal for Supporting Oscars. Both actresses won - Elizabeth Taylor won the Oscar for Best Actress but Richard Burton was passed"
"Finding Nemo Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe. It tells the story of the overprotective ocellaris clownfish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney Harbour. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself. ""Finding Nemo"""
"Space Museum"". The Doctor compares Baltazar to Napoleon Bonaparte, Boudica, and Blackbeard. The former appeared in ""The Reign of Terror"" while the latter appears as a fictional character in ""The Mind Robber"". The Doctor also refers to Delia Smith, Fanny Cradock, and Madame Cholet from ""The Wombles"" as among Earth's greatest chefs. Martha refers to Bill Oddie, who played the pirate captain Red Jasper in the Big Finish audio adventure ""Doctor Who and the Pirates"". Pilot Kelvin describes the final weapon to be deployed on Myarr using the phrase ""kills all known bugs, dead."" This is similar to the UK"
"they would never recover from it."" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American black comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is an adaptation of the play ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" by Edward Albee. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor as Martha and Richard Burton as George, with George Segal as Nick and Sandy Dennis as Honey. The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Mike Nichols, and is one of only two films to be nominated in every eligible category"
"has been announced, meaning that the film was likely put on hold or cancelled due to the lack of interest. Thomas and the Magic Railroad Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British-American children's fantasy adventure film written, produced and directed by Britt Allcroft. The film stars Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, including the voices provided by Eddie Glen and Neil Crone with Kevin Frank. The film is based on the British children's book series ""The Railway Series"" by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation ""Thomas & Friends"","
"Friends are characters that don't often appear in Disneyland. Robin Hood (Disney character) Robin Hood is a fictional character who is the protagonist in Walt Disney Productions series' 21st animated feature film ""Robin Hood"" (1973). Robin Hood is voiced by Shakespearean and Tony Award winning actor Brian Bedford. The film is based on the legends of Robin Hood and Reynard the fox, a 12th-century Alsatian fairy tale character, but uses anthropomorphic animals rather than people. The story follows the adventures of Robin Hood, Little John and the inhabitants of Nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of Prince John,"
"was announced. Ed Helms joined as Mr. Krupp a.k.a. Captain Underpants, Kevin Hart as George Beard, Thomas Middleditch as Harold Hutchins, Nick Kroll as the ""insidious villain"" Professor Poopypants, and Jordan Peele as George and Harold's ""nerdy nemesis"" Melvin Sneedly. In 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced a January 2017 release date. Following DreamWorks Animation's reorganization in early 2015, the studio announced that the film would be produced outside of the studio's pipeline at a significantly lower cost. It was instead animated at Mikros Image in Montreal, Canada, and at Technicolor Animation Productions in France, and therefore looks identical to Pilkey's artwork,"
"in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, Uncle Monty in ""Withnail and I"" (1987), Dr. Albert Meinheimer in """" (1991), Henry Crabbe in ""Pie in the Sky"" (1994–1997), Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz in ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" and King George II in Disney's """" (2011). Earlier in his career, he had a prominent supporting role as British journalist Collins in Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning film ""Gandhi"" (1982). Griffiths was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, to Jane (née Denmark) and Thomas Griffiths. His father was a steelworker who also fought in pubs for money, while his mother's occupation was"
"George with an obscure figure named Coirana (Lorival Pariz). Coirana claims to have restarted the cangaço and seeks to take the revenge of Lampião and other cangaceiro martyrs, presenting the tale of Saint George and the Dragon in a contemporary class conflict context. They threaten the town of Jardim de Piranhas governed by ""Coronel"" Horácio (Joffre Soares) a blind and old cattle owner married to younger and attractive Laura (Odete Lara). Dr. Mattos (Hugo Carvana), the corrupt police chief of the town, hires Antônio das Mortes as a ""jagunço"" against Coirana and Antônio fatally wounds Coirana in a duel. However,"
"When the six knights are restored to life, George's happiness is complete. The film was shot on the 20th Century Fox backlot and at Samuel Goldwyn Studio. The Magic Sword (1962 film) The Magic Sword (a.k.a. St. George and the Dragon, St. George and the Seven Curses, the film's original title, and The Seven Curses of Lodac) is a 1962 American fantasy film, largely aimed at children, that is loosely based on the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The film appeared on a 1992 episode of ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". In a highly unusual admission, characters Joel"
"many lofty scientific goals, but meets local resistance in his research. After his laboratory and notes are destroyed by the miners, he moves to London, taking working class patients in impoverished conditions. There, his purpose erodes when a chance encounter with a medical school friend, Dr. Frederick Lawford (Rex Harrison) leads to his quiet seduction by an unethical medical establishment, treating rich hypochondriacs. Christine (Rosalind Russell), his wife tries to set him back on the original path. Dr. Philip Denny (Ralph Richardson), Manson's best friend and still working for improved working class health, dies at the hands of an incompetent,"
"the other teachers follow him as he escapes. Yesterday George and Harold visit his office, where he sprays them with a strange substance which turns them into robot-like slaves. The other teachers are amazed at their behavior, though George and Harold are not, and they get sicker because of excessive homework. They see a commercial for the “Rid-O-Kid 2000” and disguise themselves as adults, making the children do silly things ""for"" the teachers. The teachers call in Mr. Meaner and enraged at what he sees, he gets out his Stinky Kong 2000, now a mech suit. Deciding to seek help"
"his career as a cockfighter and awaiting the end of the war, the emancipation of the slaves, and another reunion of his family. While the war continues to its inevitable end, a hungry and destitute young white couple from South Carolina, George and Martha Johnson (Brad Davis and Lane Binkley), arrive and ask for help, and the slave family take them in. Martha soon gives birth, but the child is stillborn. The white couple stays on with Tom and his wife, and becomes a part of their community. Tom Harvey meets harassment at the hands of two brothers, Evan and"
"as the second animated feature film produced by an American studio after Walt Disney Productions' ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", as Paramount had commissioned the feature in response to the success of that film. The sequences for the film were directed by Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky, Tom Palmer, Grim Natwick, William Henning, Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson, Robert Leffingwell, Frank Kelling, Winfield Hoskins, and Orestes Calpini. On November 5, 1699, Lemuel Gulliver washes onto the beach of Lilliput after a storm at sea and ultimate shipwreck. Following the calm of the storm, the town crier Gabby stumbles across Gulliver in"
"the same neighborhood as Dennis, while he starts to feel youthful and happy. While Dennis is trying to clean up a pile of garbage that he accidentally threw on Grandpa's car while he was taking out the trash, he accidentally destroys Mr. Wilson's machine with cotton candy mix that he mistook for soap. As a result of this, George declares that he and Martha will be moving away to be away from Dennis for good, whereupon Mr. Johnson decides to move into their house, although no one seems to really want to carry out this plan. Overhearing everything, the Professor"
"well as the 1989 horror video classic ""Death Spa"" as the ill-fated paranormal investigator Dr. Lido Moray. His most recent film is in the 2010 movie ""Downstream"". Joseph has starred in the soap operas ""Generations"" as Charles Mullen from 1989–1990, and on ""General Hospital"" as Marty in 1991. He has made many guest appearances on television series, including ""Lou Grant"", ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", Golden Girls, ""Night Court"", ""Cheers"", ""ER"" , ""Monk"" and The Middle. Joseph Whipp Joseph Whipp (born July 12, 1941) is an American actor who has starred in many films and starred on television. He is known"
"""Virginia Woolf Rock"" that plays while Martha and Nick are dancing (but plays a little differently than it does in the film). In at least two instances alternate takes were used: Taylor's memorable ""Goddamn you!"" line is restored to ""Screw you!"", and some of the dialogue from the dancing sequence was lifted from another take. As Martha tells her story about punching George in the stomach in front of her father to Nick and Honey, it is heard very clearly while in the film it became distant and muffled as the camera followed George into another room to get a"
"told Albee that he wanted to cast Bette Davis and James Mason in the roles of Martha and George. In the script, Martha references Davis and quotes her famous ""What a dump!"" line from the film ""Beyond the Forest"" (1949). Albee was delighted by this cast, believing that ""James Mason seemed absolutely right...and to watch Bette Davis do that Bette Davis imitation in that first scene—that would have been so wonderful."" However, fearing that the talky, character-driven story would land with a resounding thud—and that audiences would grow weary of watching two hours of screaming between a harridan and a"